Climate Extremes: Who Dies, How Many, and Why – Darfur, New Orleans, Myanmar

by calendar on June 8, 2008

When
Panel: 4 to 6 p.m.
Reception: 6 to 7 p.m.
Where
Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health - Hess Common
722 W. 168th St. (bet. Ft. Washington & Haven Aves.)
Manhattan
RSVP
Megan Sheremata, rsvp @ iri . columbia . edu
More Info
Earth Institute

Extreme weather and climate events can take a direct toll of life, as witnessed in Darfur, New Orleans and most recently, Myanmar (Burma). Understanding how natural disasters turn into human catastrophes may give us the opportunity to improve the protection of vulnerable populations and aid recovery.

Featured speakers are:

  • Debarati Guha Sapir, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
  • Nay Htun, Stony Brook Southampton, State University of New York
  • John Mutter, Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of International Affairs

With an introduction by Linda Fried, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health